Gay and Lesbian Celebrities

Elton John

Sir Elton John told Rolling Stone in 1976 that he was bisexual. In 1984, he married a man and they divorced four years later. In 2005, John and partner David Furnish (pictured) entered into a civil partnership. The couple officially converted their civil partnership to marriage on December 21, just a week after the U.K. enacted a law allowing same-sex marriages. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

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Sir Elton John told Rolling Stone in 1976 that he was bisexual. In 1984, he married a man and they divorced four years later. In 2005, John and partner David Furnish (pictured) entered into a civil partnership. The couple officially converted their civil partnership to marriage on December 21, just a week after the U.K. enacted a law allowing same-sex marriages. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

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As part of boy band N'Sync, Bass kept his sexuality under wraps until 2006, when he came out in People. Bass told the magazine, "The thing is, I'm not ashamed – that's the one thing I want to say. I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy." Bass married boyfriend Michael Turkin at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles over the weekend. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Maria Bello recently revealed that she is in a longtime relationship with a woman named Clare. The actress, who officially came out in an op-ed piece for the New York Times, wrote about her experience telling her son about the relationship. She concluded the article with, "Whomever I love, however I love them, whether they sleep in my bed or not, or whether I do homework with them or share a child with them, 'love is love.'" —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Getty Images)

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Former "Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller came out in a unique fashion. The actor recently revealed that he is gay in a letter rejecting an invitation to a Russian film festival.

Miller wrote: "Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

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Lucas Cruikshank, star of Nickelodeon's "Fred," came out as gay on his official YouTube channel. "I'm gay," Cruikshank says in the video. "My family and friends have known for three years, but I haven't felt I needed to announce it on the Internet. It's really awkward." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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WWE superstar Darren Young publicly announced he is gay after a TMZ cameraman asked him if an openly gay wrestler could make it in the organization.

"Absolutely. Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay," Young told the cameraman with a smile. "And I'm happy. I'm very happy." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Twitter/DarrenYoungWWE)

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The "Pineapple Express" and "Zombieland" actress came out in December of 2010 at GLAAD's 25th anniversary dinner, saying "I hate the idea of a label just as much as anyone else but I'm with who I'm with, I love who I love and I'm if not a better actress than I was yesterday and my personal life should have no effect on that." The actress recently dated Johnny Depp. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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After keeping mum on his sexuality during his run on "American Idol," despite much speculation from the public and the media, runner-up Adam Lambert came out publicly in the June issue of Rolling Stone magazine, saying "I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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TV host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi are perhaps Hollywood's most prominent lesbian couple. The two were married on August 16, 2008 in California. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Michael Caulfield/Getty Images for PCA)

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In 2006, "How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris came out publicly in People magazine, saying, "The public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships. So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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"Star Trek" star Zachary Quinto, who came out in October of 2011, said of his decision, "I feel really grateful. It's been an incredibly overwhelming experience for me, but all in a really positive way and I'm processing it as I'm going through it." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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"Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to her partner of four years, Christine Marinoni, at a gay marriage rally in May 2009. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Comedian Wanda Sykes revealed her sexual orientation at a Prop. 8 rally in Las Vegas in November 2008, telling the crowd, "You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life. Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

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Actor David Hyde Pierce came out in May 2009 while a guest on "The View." Pierce was angered over the California Supreme Court's decision to overturn Prop. 8 and opened up on his under-the-radar marriage to his longtime partner, Brian Hargrove (pictured). "We got married very quietly last Oct. 24 and thought that was fine, and then suddenly the state of California said, 'No, it's not.' What we thought was sort of a private, personal decision turned out not to be," Pierce said on the show. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images)

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Comedian and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell came out publicly during a comedy show two months before the end of her talk show. She has since married her partner Kelli Carpenter and has become a prominent LGBT activist, particularly in the area of gay adoption rights. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images for Comedy Central)

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Etheridge came out very publicly, announcing her sexuality at the 1993 Triangle Ball, an inaugural celebration for President Clinton. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Sir Ian McKellen, who stars as Magneto in the "X-Men" films and the wizard Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, came out as a gay man during an interview in 1993. He is also the founder of Stonewall, a British gay rights group. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

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In October of 2006 "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight announced he was gay in People magazine. He said, "I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there. While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me." Knight's comments came after a brouhaha on the set of "Grey's" involving co-star Isaiah Washington, who allegedly used an anti-gay slur. Washington later apologized. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for EJAF)

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In a 2007 interview in the New York Times Magazine, TV personality Suze Orman revealed she has been in a longtime relationship with another woman. Orman told the Times, "K.T. is my life partner. K.T. stands for Kathy Travis. We're going on seven years. I have never been with a man in my whole life. I'm still a 55-year-old virgin." When asked if she would like to marry her companion, Orman responded, "Yes. Absolutely. Both of us have millions of dollars in our name. It's killing me that upon my death, K.T. is going to lose 50 percent of everything I have to estate taxes. Or vice versa." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for AWRT)

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The "Top Gun" star came out in an interview with shewired.com, saying she is "done with men." The now-single McGillis, 56, who has been twice married and twice divorced, revealed that she had long struggled with her sexuality and coming out as a lesbian has been "an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Paramount)

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"Thorn Birds" star Richard Chamberlain outed himself in his autobiography, "Shattered Love," in 2003, saying he felt he had to keep his sexuality under wraps during his long career in order to maintain his heartthrob status. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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In 2005, 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter came out in a memoir, writing that he had to "separate my life into two distinct halves: public life and private life. It left me painfully isolated, stranded between the casual homophobia of most 'normal' people and the flagrantly gay Hollywood subculture -- where I was even less comfortable and less accepted." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty Images)

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Singer and "American Idol" contestant Clay Aiken came out in People shortly after the birth of his son. Aiken revealed to the mag that coming out "was the first decision I made as a father. I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

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